The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 127

Early the next morning, after Xu Yu left, in the afternoon, people from the palace came to deliver the decree.

The father-in-law who came to pass the decree was Fu An, the eunuch next to the empress. After reading the decree, he looked at the crowd kneeling and said: "My lord, get up, this decree has been drawn up a long time ago, but I have been working on it for my lord before." The search for a mansion was settled early this morning, so I asked the old slave to come here quickly." The bright yellow imperial decree fell into Zhou Tianhao's hands, and Zhou Tianhao felt that the matter was finally settled.

When people came from the palace just now, the villagers saw a mighty group of people entering the village, and now the gate has already been surrounded by all kinds of spectators.Seeing this situation, Zhang's mother hurriedly said, "Ma'am, there is a big happy event at home, so we have to give money to the villagers!"

Only then did Mrs. Xu come to her senses, and she only said, "Yes, that's right, the money for the wedding, quickly take a few maidservants to the storeroom to get it."

While talking, Mrs. Xu went forward to entertain Mr. Fu'an to drink tea inside.

Xie Yujiao's heart was quiet at this moment, she turned her head to look at Zhou Tianhao, seeing that he was holding the imperial decree tightly in his hand, she thought it was a bit funny, and followed Xu into the main hall.

Mrs. Xu sat down, and the maids served tea. Mr. Fu An over there asked: "Your Majesty has asked Qin Tianjian to select several auspicious days for the zodiac. Let our family talk to Mrs. Xie, so we can choose One who likes it, settle down the prince's matter early."

Mrs. Xu kept looking through the almanac for the sake of the two of them. Now that Eunuch Fuan said that there was a day selected by Qin Tianjian, she felt a little embarrassed, so she asked with a smile, "Please tell me, Eunuch."

Xie Yujiao felt a little embarrassed when she heard them discussing the date, so she simply went into the room and went to coax Xie Chaozong.

Eunuch Fu An said, "The nearest days are the eighth day of April, then the sixteenth day of May, and the eighteenth day of June. After these three days, the second half of the year will be August."

Mrs. Xu heard the words and just calculated silently. There are only two more months left on the eighth day of April, and the days are a bit tight. The eighteenth day of June sounds auspicious, but it was the dog days at that time, and it was too hot to make such a fuss. After much deliberation, only May [-]th is the most suitable, so he said: "Then please return to the emperor, eunuch, let's set May [-]th."

Zhou Tianhao, who was sitting by the side without speaking, was still a little depressed at this moment, and when he thought that it would take more than three months to enter the bridal chamber, he felt a little depressed again.Isn't the eighth day of April a very good day?Why does it have to be May [-]th?

Of course, Zhou Tianhao couldn't ask this question.Seeing that Mrs. Xu had already fixed the date, Mr. Fu'an also got up to leave, and Zhou Tianhao only sent him out in person.

Although Xie Yujiao was in the room, she also heard people talking outside. At this time, she saw that people had left, so she came out of the room, and Mrs. Xu took her hand and said, "I originally planned to set the date on the eighth day of April, but once Considering that the schedule is too tight and many things are not ready, we still set the date for May [-]th, what do you think?"

Xie Yujiao felt a little shy after hearing this question, and thought about it deeply, her cheeks blushed before she knew it, and she just lowered her head and said, "Of course I listen to my mother, it's fine if mother makes a decision."

Xu smiled and said: "I'm afraid that you young couple won't be able to wait. Since you agree, that's the best."

When Xie Yujiao saw Xu's teasing herself like this, she felt more and more hot on her face, and said depressedly: "Then if I don't agree, can mother invite that father-in-law back and set a new date?"

Asked by Xie Yujiao, Mrs. Xu was immediately speechless, and seeing how charming she was, she also sighed slightly in her heart: "At first, I thought that our family is not short of money, anyway, I will keep you more." In a few years, it will be fine to recruit a son-in-law at that time, but I didn't think that it would be better than God's fortune, so that you met the prince. Fortunately, he treats you like this, so I am relieved."

Xie Yujiao was blushing when she was told, and happened to see Zhou Tianhao sending someone back, so she pulled her handkerchief and went outside.

Zhou Tianhao followed behind Xie Yujiao, only two or three steps away, watching her walk forward with her head down, took a few steps forward, took her hand and said: "I... take you back to Xiulou go."

In the blink of an eye, two or three months have passed, and Xie Yujiao's cotton-padded clothes workshop at the foot of Qinglong Mountain has also started to flourish.Sure enough, Xie Yunzhen did not disappoint Xie Yujiao, and managed the two or three hundred people in the workshop in an orderly manner.

What surprised Xie Yujiao in particular was that Xie Yunzhen actually thought of the method of working in groups, which greatly improved the labor efficiency of the embroiderers.For example, those who are fast at stuffing cotton specialize in stuffing cotton, those who are fast at sewing sleeves specialize in sewing sleeves, and those who are fast at making collars specialize in collars.In this way, many people would take a long time to make a piece of clothing, but now they only make one piece of clothing, but it is much faster. After one day, counting the number of people, they can also make a finished product.

The area around Qinglong Mountain has always been uninhabited, but now the tops of the mountain are divided among the refugees. Xie Yujiao ordered people to plant mulberry and fruit trees, and cultivated rice fields in the low-lying valley. .

At the end of April, the porridge shed of Xie's family was officially withdrawn. Kang Guangshou went to the scene in person, and with a swipe of a pen, wrote the three big characters Qinglong Village.

Xu Huiru heard that Xie Yujiao was coming to inspect the factory today, so she followed her. Seeing that Kang Guangshou was here, she felt a little shy.In the past few months, the Xu family has not less married Xu Huiru to Zhang Luo.It's just that Mrs. Xu herself was born that way, so she definitely doesn't want Xu Huiru to marry too badly.Although the local people in Jiangning are quite rich, the Xu family is not short of money, so it has been delayed until now, and no one has been selected.

Seeing that Xie Yujiao was there, Kang Guangshou felt embarrassed not to go to say hello. He thought that Xie Yujiao was preparing for a big wedding recently, so this kind of day might not come.

"Miss Xie is free to come over today." Kang Guangshou only smiled.

"I heard that Lord Kang is coming, so I don't dare not come." Xie Yujiao only politely greeted him.

Hearing this, Kang Guangshou only smiled awkwardly, and then said: "Where is it, this place was originally the place where Xie's family placed for everyone. Miss Xie can come whenever she wants. You are the host, and I am the guest."

Xie Yujiao heard what he said, so she didn't argue with him, and the group went to the original mountain temple.

After entering the hall, I saw maids bringing tea in, so Xu Huiru got up to pick it up and brought it to the two of them.

Kang Guangshou thought it was just a servant girl serving tea, but when he raised his head to take the tea, he realized that it was Xu Huiru.Three or four months have passed since the last time we met on the Lantern Festival. At that time, the lights were flickering at night, and Kang Guangshou did not dare to stare at Xu Huiru. Now the distance between the two is only one foot, and they look at each other. , Immediately her cheeks turned red to the base of her ears.

Xu Huiru didn't expect that Kang Guangshou would suddenly raise her head. The pair of eyes made her feel her heart skip a beat, and her palms were sweating for a moment. She only pursed her lips, lowered her head, and carried the The tea tray went out of the door, which seemed to be fleeing.

Xie Yujiao looked at Xu Hui's retreating back, and then turned her head to look at Kang Guangshou's flushed cheeks, her heart became more and more enlightened.

At noon, Kang Guangshou said that something happened in the yamen, so he went back to the county yamen first.Xie Yujiao and Xu Huiru couldn't stand the enthusiastic hospitality of the villagers here, so they ate lunch here, and then went back to Xie's house with the maids and servants.

The carriage was walking quietly on the road, the maidservant was in another carriage, and there were only Xie Yujiao and Xu Huiru in the carriage.

Xie Yujiao saw that Xu Huiru lowered her head with a calm expression on her face, so she stretched out her hand and patted the back of her hand. Xu Huiru raised her head and glanced at Xie Yujiao. Xie Yujiao smiled and said, "Look, obviously I want to You got married, but you got dark circles under your eyes."

Because the wedding day of Xie Yujiao and Zhou Tianhao is approaching, the maids at home are busy preparing things for Xie Yujiao's wedding, such as wedding tents, wedding quilts, tablecloths on the table, chairs, etc. The cushions used, and even the curtains hanging on the door should be replaced with new ones.

Xu Huiru was also assigned a lot of work, so she stayed up for a few nights, but it was nothing at all, but now that Xie Yujiao said this, she felt a little embarrassed, so she frowned and said, "Cousin, Are you married and still live in the country?"

Xie Yujiao hadn't considered this question thoroughly, she originally wanted to live in the countryside, and she said so in front of the emperor.It's just that Mrs. Xu and her discussed the details of the wedding day together in the past few days, which made her a little bit embarrassed.

Let’s talk about welcoming the relatives first. If Zhou Tianhao is asked to come to Xie’s house early in the morning from Jinling, it will be unreliable. From the city to Xie’s house, it will take one and a half hours. If it is on foot , let alone go for a day and a night...

Taking this into consideration, Mrs. Xu had no choice but to change the place of welcoming relatives from Xie's house to Bailuzhou other courtyard in the city.In the past few days, Zheng has sent people to make arrangements there, and the whole family will move there a few days before the wedding.Not to mention anything else, the dowry, which is hundreds of liters, has to be transported from Xie's house first.

Xie Yujiao felt a little dizzy thinking about these trifles. Thinking about it, if there were no other courtyards in the city, wouldn't she have to sit in a sedan chair for a day and a night before entering the groom's house according to the customs of the ancients?

"Now I don't think about it. I thought it was a very simple thing. Who knows that the day is approaching in the blink of an eye, and I realize that thinking is always easier than doing. Living in the country at the beginning may not be possible."

After hearing this, Xu Huiru's expression became listless, and she just said boredly: "Then if my cousin doesn't live in the country, I'll go back to my own home."

Xie Yujiao heard the words, she just smiled and said: "Go back, go back, my uncle wanted you to go back a while ago, but it happened that my aunt was pregnant again, and I was afraid that when you went back, she was busy everywhere and didn't have a good rest. It's been two or three months, and it's just right for you to go back."

The eldest aunt is in good health, and she was pregnant in the first month after entering the house. Xu Yuxing was overjoyed when she found out. She originally wanted to take Xu Huiru back, but also thought that the Xie family was busy with Xie Yujiao's marriage and needed manpower, so she didn't Anxious to take her home.

(End of this chapter)